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\nDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was not invited to the launch of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line out of the fear that he might publicly demand a rollback of the fare hike, his deputy Manish Sisodia said on Monday.<\/p>\n
He also said not inviting the chief minister to the inauguration programme at Noida was an “insult” to the people of Delhi.<\/p>\n
Sisodia’s observations came minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 12.38-km stretch of the Magenta Line, between the Kalkaji Mandir and Botanical Garden metro stations, in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.<\/p>\n
“Not calling the Delhi chief minister in an inauguration of a Delhi Metro project is an insult of the people of Delhi.<\/p>\n
There’s only one reason behind not inviting Kejriwal, the fear that he may urge the prime minister to roll back the fare hike (sic),” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader tweeted.<\/p>\n
Of the nine stations on the Magenta Line, seven are within the boundaries of Delhi, while the remaining two are in Noida.<\/p>\n
Those who had hiked the metro fares were “scared” of the AAP supremo, Sisodia said.<\/p>\n
Almost on cue, AAP leaders and volunteers started tweeting with #TakeCreditButReduceFare.<\/p>\n
When reporters asked Kejriwal for comments on the issue at a Christmas event in the city, the chief minister evaded a reply, saying the occasion was not right to talk about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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